Bill Russell Listed as 2nd Greatest player of all time

[manl_lui]

Wade over Pippen...NO WAY!

and o heres a quote from KG of Howard in the link

Words: “That kid is a freak of nature, man. I don’t know what they put in the milk these days for these young kids, but that kid is a freak of nature. I was nowhere near that physically talented. I wasn’t that gifted, as far as body and physical presence” (Kevin Garnett).

I hope Howard reads this 

[Celtics4ever]

Definitely depends on what you are slotting the players on.   Were it winning LeBron would  not even make the list.   I actually think this list is pretty decent and the guy knows his b-ball.   I think the C's were very well represented.   Too bad this guy is the sole picker for the Hall of Fame, DJ would have made it in alive....

I think he looked at winning and production with a slight nod to winning otherwise Russ would not be rated so high.

[aporel#18]

Rankings are somehow stupid, but when they include players from different eras, they become plainly silly.

How can you rank George Mikan aka "Mr. Basketball" at 31? I haven't seen him playing, but he was the first big player, the leader of the Minneapolis Lakers whose 5 titles are claimed by the Los Angeles team. And then you got "the logo" at #11, Bryant at #10 and Baylor at #13? He should be the  second or third Laker on this list, only Shaq and Kareem are comparable to Mikan.

And Tommy is #79? I don't get it.

Russell should be #1, 2nd to 5th should be, by no particular order, Bird, Magic, Jordan and Chamberlain. But it'd still be a stupid ranking.

[Roy H.]

Rankings are somehow stupid, but when they include players from different eras, they become plainly silly.

How can you rank George Mikan aka "Mr. Basketball" at 31? I haven't seen him playing, but he was the first big player, the leader of the Minneapolis Lakers whose 5 titles are claimed by the Los Angeles team. And then you got "the logo" at #11, Bryant at #10 and Baylor at #13? He should be the  second or third Laker on this list, only Shaq and Kareem are comparable to Mikan.

And Tommy is #79? I don't get it.

Russell should be #1, 2nd to 5th should be, by no particular order, Bird, Magic, Jordan and Chamberlain. But it'd still be a stupid ranking.

I think Mikan gets knocked down a bit due to his short career (5 1/2 NBA seasons, plus one year in the BAA), and for his low FG% (40.1% for his career, with four seasons below 40%).  Based upon that, 31st all-time isn't too shabby.

See here for a lot of the counter-argument.